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US air strikes hit Yemen’s Saada, killing one and injuring four
US air strikes hit Yemen’s Saada, killing one and injuring four US warplanes have pounded Yemen’s Saada province once again, leaving one person dead and four others wounded in Hafsin, west of the city. Yemeni media report confirmed that American jets carried out four raids on the area. The attack adds to the growing list of US-led air strikes targeting Yemen, for it's support of Gaza.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:
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Trump’s plan for port fees on Chinese-made ships won’t save US shipyards
Instead, US exporters and smaller ports would face collapse even as higher costs force trade away and erode American economic interests in the long run.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:A 'national spotlight' will be on these two electorates on election day
Two of Australia's marginal seats may have become "more marginal" after the recent redrawing of boundaries. The ABC visited the electorates ahead of the federal election to find out what issues some of those voters cared most about.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Inside the notorious American jail where inmates are learning Vedic meditation
After a devastating family tragedy in her early 30s, journalist Joh Jarvis found solace in mediation. Now, she teaches the spiritual practice to prisoners in America's most notorious jails.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Inside these homes, the cost of alleged NDIS fraud is laid bare
People with mental illness are getting lost in the NDIS system, isolated from friends and family and abandoned while their lucrative government funding is drained. This is how they're living.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:As a man confesses to punching a wall, 1.8 million Australians are watching
As millions of people worldwide tune in to this year's season of Married at First Sight, audiences, experts and politicians have questioned the reality TV show's response to a violent incident, less than a year after a domestic violence national emergency was declared.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Sunday shows preview: New tariffs upset global trade; Senate GOP advances Trump agenda
The world was caught in the crosshairs of President Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday which forced an outcry from foreign leaders across the globe following the shift in U.S. trade policy. The president of the European Commission said many felt “let down by our oldest ally” while her counterparts in China raced to retaliate. White House...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Footage of slain medics proves Israel targets Gaza’s healthcare system: Palestinian Authority
Footage of slain medics proves Israel targets Gaza’s healthcare system: Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority says video footage showing Israeli forces killing 15 emergency workers in Gaza shatters Israel’s claims that it does not deliberately attack the healthcare system. “This shocking video is not just a tragic scene, but irrefutable evidence of the occupation’s brutality, its blatant violation of...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Live updates: Across the US, thousands rally against Trump, Musk
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are hitting the streets across the country on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his administration. The “Hands Off!” rallies are taking place in more than 1,000 cities across all 50 states, and nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend the protests, according to the progressive organization Indivisible,...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Eid and elections often collide. But this week something was different
It's not unusual for a federal election campaign to overlap with Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important days in the Muslim calendar. It is the absence of many senior politicians at traditional community events that raises eyebrows.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:'Smaller is better': Why fashion has turned its back on inclusivity
Less than 1 per cent of models during recent runway shows were plus-sized. Some fear it shows fashion is on a worrying trajectory away from inclusivity.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Facebook, Fortnite and FREE TAFE: nowhere to hide for voters in the Australian election campaign | The shadow campaign
The Liberals have pressed hard on the negatives, while Labor has a button of its own. Plus: Nick McKim’s surprisingly authentic gaming personaElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignRead more from the shadow campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coveragePeter Dutton has been noisy in recent weeks in calling out Labor’s “dirt unit”, a “sledge-a-thon” and “industrial-scale”...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:How historic is what we’re seeing in the Queensland floods? It’s hard to grasp the full magnitude
This weather event has not been seen on this scale since European colonisation. Why has it happened now?Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floodsGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Dorothea Mackellar wrote of flooding rains more than a century ago, she couldn’t have anticipated anything on the scale of the current deluge in Queensland.The downpour, which began...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Handle with care: the international community sending parcels of pure joy through the mail
Anna Ryan-Punch was 15 when she received her first friendship book. It was the start of a lifelong hobbyAustralian Anna Ryan-Punch was 15 when she received her first friendship book – a handmade and decorated pocket-sized booklet full of names and addresses of people looking for pen pals. Recipients were invited to add their details to the list, send a letter to other signatories, and then pass the booklet on to...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:What does Australian sovereignty look like? It’s a question we now must answer thanks to Donald Trump | Julianne Schultz
Confidence in American reliability is tumbling in every poll. As tariffs kick in, how can we adjust to not having a great superpower as our protector?Prof Hugh White, the esteemed yet critical analyst of Australian defence policy, took a deep breath, surveyed the men he had spent a lifetime debating, and said: “Donald Trump is doing us a favour.” He is proving that our old assumptions are “all wrong”.White knew this...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:‘The stories were always there, they kept us strong’: surviving one of the darkest periods of Queensland’s colonial past
A new exhibition at the state library shares Aboriginal stories of frontier violence and survival on Kalkadoon country around Mt Isa Warning: this article contains images of Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen Ena Sam emerged from a year-long stay in hospital, recovering from a severe kidney infection that led to both her hands and feet being amputated, her family was...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Outback diplomacy: Finnish ambassador braves Australia’s ‘loud, rough and dusty’ Shitbox Rally
Arto Haapea hopes to raise $30,000 for cancer research as he navigates the rugged terrain from Perth to Darwin in a 2005 blue Toyota Camry Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastYou may have driven a lemon when you first scored your P plates – but would you trust that car to take you cross-country through the Australian outback?Finland’s ambassador to Australia, Arto Haapea, is testing the...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Young woman swaps high-vis for higher education to become paramedic
Hannah Jayne graduated without an ATAR, then spent five years working at her local mine before she found her calling as a paramedic.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Australia's most unaffordable city to rent in might surprise you
Spiralling rents have priced out even average income households from at least half the postcodes in three capital cities and one regional area, according to an ABC analysis of exclusive figures covering thousands of neighbourhoods across the country.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Gaza paramedic recounts deadly Israeli attack on ambulances, matches UN accusation
A Palestinian paramedic who was present at an incident in which 15 of his colleagues were killed in southern Gaza last month said he witnessed Israeli troops firing at emergency vehicles that he later saw stained with blood.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:New York public schools reject Trump DEI orders
New York state education officials rejected President Trump’s administration's demand to do away with certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, rebuking the Department of Education (DOE) amid threats of pulling funding over those efforts. The New York State Education Department officials said Friday, “We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Middle East: Video contradicts IDF on aid workers' deaths
The Palestinian Red Crescent said the footage shows ambulances driving with emergency lights on, contradicting the Israeli military's account that it opened fire on suspicious vehicles.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Venezuelan President Maduro Celebrates Bolivarian Mobilization for May 2025 Elections, Backs GPP Candidates
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro backs GPP candidates for 2025 elections, mobilizing supporters with Alí Primera’s revolutionary spirit. Festive rallies in 7 states highlight youth participation and unity. Related: President Maduro Chairs Meeting with Great Patriotic Pole Candidates for 2025 Elections Nicolás Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, praised the fervent mobilization of Bolivarian [...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:The graver Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows
The graver Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows The BBC’s news verification service, Verify,digitally reconstructeda residential tower block in Mandalay earlier this week to show how it had collapsed in a huge earthquake on 28 March in Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia largelycut offfrom the outside world. The broadcaster painstakingly pieced together damage to other parts of the city using a...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Ukraine’s Zelensky slams ‘weak’ US reply after Russian strike kills 9 children
The US embassy response did not blame Russia for a deadly missile attack near a playground in the Ukraine president’s hometown.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:'Hands off!' demos against Trump and Musk across US, Europe
Demos against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking place across the US and Europe. Meanwhile, Trump's 10% "universal" tariffs hit many countries, sparking fears of a global trade war. DW has the latest.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Israel forces surround Rafah in a bid to further isolate the territory
Israel forces surround Rafah in a bid to further isolate the territory Israel’s military has moved into a new “security corridor” stretching across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the newly established Morag Corridor on Wednesday, hinting it would isolate Rafah—currently under evacuation orders—from the rest of Gaza. A statement from the Israeli military on Saturday confirmed that troops from...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Rising rivers, flash floods hit waterlogged communities still recovering from tornadoes
The National Weather Service said 45 river locations in multiple states were expected to reach major flood stage, with extensive flooding of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure possible.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian in Khan Younis as Gaza bombing continues
Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian in Khan Younis as Gaza bombing continues An Israeli drone strikekilled one Palestinian, and wounded several others inBani Suheila, a town in Gaza's Khan Younis governorate, Al Jazeera reported. The region is under intense bombardment, with Israeli forces continuing their heavy assault. Earlier, at least six Palestinians were killed in an attack on the Qizan Abu Rashwan...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu to meet Trump over Gaza, tariffs and Syria
Netanyahu to meet Trump over Gaza, tariffs and Syria Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to the White House on Monday for a surprise visit to meet US President Donald Trump, according to Israeli and White House officials speaking anonymously to Reuters. The meeting, which could mark the first in-person diplomatic push to resolve the tariff issue, follows a phone call between Netanyahu and Trump on...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and Sue Bird highlight Basketball Hall of Fame class
Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team that they played on — dubbed the “Redeem Team.”
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Protesters tee off on Trump, Musk in global 'Hands Off' rallies
More than 1,200 demonstrations were planned across the U.S. and around the globeon Saturday to protest the Trump administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:NIH-funded research saved my life. Don't take the chainsaw to it.
The NIH is considering a catastrophic cut to indirect cost reimbursements for public universities, which would hurt the economy and real people across the country, and jeopardize the future of medical innovation.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Adams's independent bid injects more uncertainty into NYC race
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to run for reelection as an independent is injecting fresh uncertainty into a race that has been shaping up into a likely comeback for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Adams announced his decision Thursday after much speculation that he would forgo the Democratic primary amid long odds of...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Unicef warns over 1 million Gaza children face deadly aid blockade
Unicef warns over 1 million Gaza children face deadly aid blockade Unicefhas sounded the alarm: more than a million children in Gaza have been cut off from life-saving aid for over a month. The UN agency slammed Israel’s blockade on humanitarian relief as a blatant violation of international law, warning that the consequences are catastrophic. Malnutrition is spiralling, disease is spreading, and child mortality is set...
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